The first question we had to address is how do we decide which churches to visit. There are something like 300+ churches in Clark County and we are only going to make it to 52. Consequently we have a few simple qualifications as to which ones we will visit this year.
- We are starting closest to our home in central Vancouver.
- We will visit churches that identify as Protestant, Evangelical or Non-Denominational Christian.
- We will most likely avoid multi-site/video feed services.
An important part of this is that we include church communities we might typically dismiss out of hand due to a belief statement or stereotypes. We recognize that we will encounter communities that might be in conflict with beliefs that we have held our entire lives.
Church attendance is a very subjective thing so our reflections will be based solely on what connects, or doesn't connect, with us. It will not be a reflection of the authenticity of the people in the communities we visit. We have every intention of being respectful of the different methods of meeting that will be represented by the various churches. No effort will be made by us to address theological differences between the various churches, we will leave that heavy lifting up to you.
Without a doubt this entire year will be a work in progress and the things that we focus on, and write about, will undoubtedly change as we move forward.
We welcome you to follow along in our journey and welcome your thoughts as well.
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